伊恩·西蒙斯的大尺度环境通史研究——研究内容、方法、特点与启示

I.G.Simmons' Research on General History of Environment in a Large Scale:Its Content, Method, Characteristic and Enlightening Points

英国地理学家伊恩·西蒙斯教授长期从事环境史研究,大尺度的环境通史是其主要研究领域。与研究环境史的史学家相比,其认识论及方法论有明显的自然科学特色,也为致力于跨越学科疆界、应对跨学科挑战的历史学家带来了有益的启示。

Professor Ian Simmons, a British geographer, has a long career at the research of environmental history.Large-scale environmental history is his main research area.His research has different epistemological and methodological characteristics from that of environmental historians.At the same time, his research produces a useful inspiration to the historians who are trying to cross disciplinary bordes and deal with the challenges of interdisciplinary research.